Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, left, talks with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, during the Joint Base Andrews Air Show at Joint Base Andrews in Prince George's County, Maryland. Hague spent 171 days onboard the International Space Station as part of Expedition 72. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, left, listens to Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, right, during a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, left, is greeted by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman as he arrives for a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, right, looks at a model of NASA’s Perseverance rover NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, and NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, after arriving for a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, right, presents to Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, left, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, second from left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, center, Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, second from right, and Ethan Klein, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, right, during a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, third from left, gives opening remarks alongside NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, second from left, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, third from right, Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, second from right, and Ethan Klein, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, right, during a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, third from right, gives opening remarks alongside NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson, left, Kevin Hassett, Director of the National Economic Council, second from left, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, third from left, Troy Meink, Secretary of the United States Air Force, second from right, and Ethan Klein, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, right, during a meeting of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy in the Space Operations Center, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026, at the Mary W. Jackson NASA Headquarters Building in Washington. The commission will meet and submit a report proposing recommendations for the establishment of the Space Academy. Photo Credit (NASA/Joel Kowsky)